Chapter 390 Wilson, the Anti-Soviet Pioneer

The establishment of the European Common Market was also supported by the United States and was one of the conditions of the Marshall Plan.

If it is established at this time, the Federal Republic of Germany has not yet been established, and France has not yet recovered its strength, then there is no doubt that the United Kingdom will be the leader of the European Community and the leader of the future EU.

This is Alan Wilson's idea, but although this is a good thing, it is not as easy as imagined.

The UK has always had a policy of continental balance, and has been accustomed to watching the fire from afar. The most recent experience of actively intervening in European affairs was World War I. As for World War II, it was a war of revenge for Germany, and it had nothing to do with whether Britain intervened in Europe.

Britain's continental balance is just like the isolationist trend in the United States, and its supporters have never been a minority.

Just diving headlong into leading Europe is actually not an easy decision for the UK to make.

In fact, Alan Wilson was not sure of persuading the London government to do this, so it is not impossible to lead Europe and appear to be checking and balancing Europe.

When Churchill came to power for the second time, he proposed a strategy called three-ring diplomacy, which divided British diplomacy into three parts: Europe, the Commonwealth and the United States. Maintain the special relationship, military and interest alliance between Britain and the United States;

Second, maintain relations with major countries in the Commonwealth, especially Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, which share the same language and culture as the United Kingdom. Third, maintain economic and military cooperation with EU countries, but at the same time maintain a certain distance.

As for other countries in the world, it is more difficult to develop economic relations and form military alliances unless there are common enemies or considerable common interests. But this kind of third-ring construction already has enough partners.

If Churchill's idea is followed, as Britain and the United States get closer, the United States will form a siphon effect on Britain. Britain's fate should be similar to that in history.

Therefore, three-ring diplomacy is undesirable and a different diplomatic strategy should be adopted. At least for now, the United States supports European integration. In fact, it particularly supports the British integration.

However, historically, because of the traditional thinking of continental balance, the United States ultimately rejected the United States' proposal to support Britain's integration of Europe. Three-ring diplomacy was adopted, but in the end the British Commonwealth followed the United States.

Now faced with a similar choice, Alan Wilson already knows the consequences of three-ring diplomacy. So naturally it cannot be adopted. Since the United States supports the United Kingdom's integration of Europe, the United Kingdom should integrate Europe.

In the past two years, whether it was a fluke or not, the two-wing plan he formulated worked at least very well.

So diving headlong into Europe is easy for supporters of continental balance,

and criticized by the opposition parties.

Then add the Commonwealth, follow the previous relationship between the British-occupied Germany and British India, and conduct an expanded version of the two-wings.

The attitude is not static. Just like when Prime Minister Attlee first came to power, the United States had already called for assistance to Europe. If it had started at that time, Prime Minister Attlee would have shouted that the special relationship between Britain and the United States is unbreakable.

But when Prime Minister Attlee first came to power, it was the United States that cut off aid and told him that Britain had so many colonies that there would be no problem recovering from the war.

As for France in 1945, there was no hope for assistance from the United States at all. Until the early contact, it still sang the opposite tune from time to time, which was very different from the attitudes of the United Kingdom and the United States at that time.

Now the time is approaching 1948, and Britain has returned to pre-war levels except for its foreign debt.

There has been a change in attitude towards the Marshall Plan. We still have hope, but even if we don’t give it, we don’t seem to have lost anything.

Without U.S. dollar aid, Britain could still use the British-occupied areas of Germany to recover. France's attitude is not as tough as it was in the first two years, and it is now looking forward to assistance from the United States.

This is the current difference between Britain and France. Alan Wilson found the common position that Pierre wanted to achieve. To sum up, it is actually very simple. Establish a penny principle to ensure that Britain and France occupy the largest share.

There are two principles for dividing money: the United States has more allies than neutral countries, more neutral countries than Axis countries, and countries with more people get more than countries with fewer people.

Britain and France are both allies of the United States. Although Italy and Germany have no smaller populations than Britain and France, they are Axis powers.

As for Britain and France specifically, France has a population of 40 million, and Britain has a population of 49 million. It has nearly 10 million more people than France, so it’s not too much to take a little more.

Alan Wilson spoke based on statistics and did not mention the blood-thicker-water relationship between Britain and the United States.

Pierre kept nodding, saying that this common position was very fair. In return for Britain's support for France in enjoying the resources of the Saar region, France could proactively propose that the four Yugoslav countries affected by the Soviet Union be kicked off the aid list.

"Actually, this is also what the Americans mean. Only fools believe that the United States will use dollars to speed up the recovery of the Soviet Union." Alan Wilson took a breath and said, "Their aid is less, and our aid is more."

"In fact, the most important thing about the common market is an army of Europeans themselves." Pierre suddenly said this.

"Well, we already have a Foreign Legion." Alan Wilson pretended not to understand the other party's words and used the Brussels Treaty Organization's foreign intervention force as an excuse.

It is so difficult to achieve consensus in the economic field, but how can it be so easy in the political and military fields?

And to be honest, with the British and French armies, excluding the military support of the United States, they could confront the Soviet Union? Britain first needs to maintain the existence of the Royal Navy and has no energy to focus on the army. Does it expect France to assume the main force obligation to confront the Soviet Union? There is everything in the dream...

Even if Germany has recovered, France is not convinced. Even if it is assumed that Germany has recovered, and with Germany's military strength, it seems that it will not be possible to fight against the Soviet Union. It is impossible to confront the Soviet Union without the United States.

Alan Wilson was not naive enough to think that Britain and France would be able to compete with the Soviet Union once they recovered.

Even if the United States is really excluded, Britain and France will be beaten at any time by the United States and the Soviet Union.

He knew that the idea of ​​a European Army was definitely not Pierre's personal gaffe. There must have been voices within the French government. In fact, the concept of a European Army did not just appear in the 21st century.

There have been at least two voices of European armies in Europe. The first time was the European armies advocated by France in the early post-war period.

In order to prevent the expansion of American influence in Europe, the second time was in the early 1990s after the end of the Cold War, when a 50,000-strong army was established.

Both attempts were unsuccessful, not to mention that Britain and France have not yet recovered, so it would be better to wait for the American delegation to arrive in glorious Paris.

Of course it would be best if NATO was not established, but judging from the current situation, the situation is not optimistic. Confining the U.S. military to Germany alone is considered a victory, and sacrificing Germany to prevent other European countries from being kidnapped by the United States is also acceptable.

If you can't do this, you will sacrifice yourself along with France. Anyway, de Gaulle will drive away the Americans when he comes to power. This villain is more suitable for the French than the British.

After some exchange of interests, Alan Wilson, who returned to the embassy, ​​sent a message to London, indicating that he had reached a consensus with France and established a common position of begging for food. There were more allies than enemies, and those with more people than those with less people. Under these two premises, Britain will definitely get the largest share.

On December 13, the U.S. delegation arrived in Paris. Representatives from 19 countries were waiting at the airport. When the U.S. delegation appeared, representatives from all countries cheered in unison.

"They are just a group of beggars, acting as if they have some kind of intimate relationship." Alan Wilson curled his lips at Daniel beside him.

Just as Daniel was about to nod, a gust of wind blew past and Alan Wilson disappeared from sight. The next moment, Alan Wilson embodied the style of the British Empire, shaking hands with the arriving Americans, and kept talking about the special relationship between Britain and the United States, and about blood being thicker than blood. Water, friendship made of blood, etc...

When other countries talk about intimate relations, they just kneel down and beg for food. But our British Empire is different. Britain and the United States really have a special relationship.

At this point, the U.S. delegation finally belatedly arrived in glorious Paris, acting as a savior to deal with these stinky beggars. After the talks here, the country will push for the passage of the bill and officially start providing assistance to Europe.

In the first meeting of the day, Americans packaged the significance of this aid with their consistent moral ideals. At the same time, he expressed the hope that the Soviet Union would not be stingy and could definitely attend. Let everyone sit down and have a good talk to restore the prosperity of Europe together.

After this false lie ended, it was time for Britain and France to play their part. French representative Pierre stood up directly and angrily denounced the Soviet Union's destruction of European peace. If the Soviet Union did not stop its hostile behavior, such as its expansionary policy in the Near East, , France would firmly oppose the Soviet Union's accession.

As soon as Pierre finished speaking, Alan Wilson stood up. After signaling to the representatives of various countries present, he walked to the podium and gave a speech for this meeting. "From any angle, the current Soviet Union is not in line with the requirements of the meeting." The definition of the free world, the spirit that protects the civilized world, is more valuable than so-called money. The Soviet Union must let go of its supervision of Eastern European countries and let them regain their freedom under the supervision of the United Nations. The proliferation of Soviet ideas and the European countries have been deeply affected by the recent violence, and it is meaningless to talk about cooperation until this trend of thought is curbed."

"For this reason, the United Kingdom and France have the same attitude. The market must be opened unconditionally, free trade and political reforms must be carried out. Otherwise, the United Kingdom will oppose any similar country to provide assistance."

Alan Wilson's voice echoed in the hall and reached the ears of representatives from various countries. Finland, Yugoslavia, Poland, and Czechoslovakia all changed their colors after hearing the words, and the hall became noisy.